by Fix MI State | May 12, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater
ANN ARBOR, MI – A partially collapsed sewer pipe on a University of Michigan residential property led to a leak of sewage that percolated up around a parking lot on Glen Court on Friday, May 12. The property was located just off of Glen Court on Cornwell Place,...
by Fix MI State | May 11, 2017 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Dams & Other, Roads & Bridges, Stormwater & Wastewater
Roads, bridges, sewer lines, water systems and all the other infrastructure in the state is, by multiple assessments, in trouble in Michigan. Two studies say the state needs to spend $4 billion a year. The governor wants at least $1.2 billion a year more to get...
by Fix MI State | May 10, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater
ANN ARBOR, MI – A blockage in a sanitary sewer pipe on Sunday, May 7, led to an estimated overflow of 100 gallons near the intersection of Miller Avenue and Pinetree Street, according to the city of Ann Arbor. The overflow occurred at approximately 11 a.m....
by Fix MI State | May 8, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater
NORVELL TWP., MI – About 7,000 gallons of raw diluted sewage leaked Saturday near Vineyard Lake in Norvell Township. The “spillage area” on Vineyard Lane at the northeast end of the lake was contained to the storm ditches. It at no time affected the...
by Natalie Kozma | May 8, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater, Roads & Bridges
FRASER, Mich. (AP) — Dora Linda Nishihara was driving in San Antonio one dark evening in early December when she suddenly disappeared from sight. Later, her car, with her body inside, was found at the bottom of a 12-foot-deep water-filled sinkhole that had swallowed...
by Fix MI State | May 8, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater
NORVELL TWP., MI – About 7,000 gallons of raw diluted sewage leaked Saturday near Vineyard Lake in Norvell Township. The “spillage area” on Vineyard Lane at the northeast end of the lake was contained to the storm ditches. It at no time affected the...
